50 Elementary School Memories That Will Hit You Like A Damn Freight Train

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The pure joy you felt when this TV got rolled in:

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Hoping and praying for your food of choice while looking at a cafeteria calendar:

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Giant cursive letters all around the room:

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And probably writing that cursive on a piece of paper like this:

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Falling asleep in the back of class to a scene like this one:

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Spending way too long learning how to spell bad words in your calculator:

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These scissors making your fingers feel IMMEDIATELY sore:

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Running your hand along the wall exactly like this:

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Trying to push all three levers of this pen down at the same time:

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Putting your head against the bus window and feeling the BARUMP-A-BUMP-BUMP:

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Stabbing your eraser so much it ended up looking like this:

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That ice cream that seemed to only be available at school:

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These little cute erasers that did not erase, only smudged further:

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Having a fresh box of mechanical pencil lead and feeling invincible:

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And then breaking your pencil for no reason:

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Creating a masterpiece with this:

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Opening up the sharpener to clean it out and smelling that unmistakable pencil shavings smell:

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Catching a glimpse of the hallowed Ball Room in gym class:

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Valentine’s Day in class when everyone got a ton of candy:

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The cafeteria and the auditorium being the same room… the CAFETORIUM:

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Accidentally dropping one of these on the ground and seeing it EXPLODE everywhere:

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The fool-proof way to draw a bird:

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That unmistakable static from one of these chairs:

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That pre-field trip joy:

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These best writing utensil money could buy… at least until you lost the cap:

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Getting a little too rowdy during quiet reading time:

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One of the best lunches imaginable: Chicken Patty Day.

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Doing math with these little blocks:

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Those Halloween directions that seemed to just appear:

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That unmistakable art class stool:

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Washing your hands with this strange pink soap that only existed in schools:

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Those days in gym class where you had to put on a pinny that reeked of stale sweat:

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These little yellow clocks:

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Truly believing that the blue part of this eraser could erase ink:

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Drawing this exact sun into every single picture:

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Going to school after dark and feeling that eerie empty feeling:

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Giving yourself a lead “shot” and getting yelled at:

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Those chairs with tennis balls on them:

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Praying to the snow gods:

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Putting one of your loose teeth into a neon treasure chest:

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Drawing some masterpieces using this ruler:

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Putting glue all over your hand and peeling it off like a madman:

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Preparing for battle with a sword made out of markers:

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Collecting all sorts of box tops in an effort to raise money:

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Watching someone open one of these markers and immediately smelling its intense smell:

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Putting your hand on one of these tables in a science class and feeling how cold it always was:

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And clapping together two erasers and seeing that big giant cloud of smoke: